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It was a night when the Lord kept watch to bring them out of Egypt; this same night is dedicated to the Lord for all time to come as a night when the Israelites must keep watch.

"Dedicate all the first-born males to me, for every first-born male Israelite and every first-born male animal belongs to me."

For seven days you must eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to honor the Lord .

For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast; there must be no yeast or leavened bread anywhere in your land.

When the festival begins, explain to your sons that you do all this because of what the Lord did for you when you left Egypt.

Instead, he led them in a roundabout way through the desert toward the Red Sea. The Israelites were armed for battle.

When the Israelites saw the king and his army marching against them, they were terrified and cried out to the Lord for help.

The Lord will fight for you, and all you have to do is keep still."

The Lord said to Moses, "Why are you crying out for help? Tell the people to move forward.

between the Egyptians and the Israelites. The cloud made it dark for the Egyptians, but gave light to the people of Israel, and so the armies could not come near each other all night.

He made the wheels of their chariots get stuck, so that they moved with great difficulty. The Egyptians said, "The Lord is fighting for the Israelites against us. Let's get out of here!"

You bring them in and plant them on your mountain, the place that you, Lord , have chosen for your home, the Temple that you yourself have built.

Miriam sang for them: "Sing to the Lord , because he has won a glorious victory; he has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea."

Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea into the desert of Shur. For three days they walked through the desert, but found no water.

The Lord said to Moses, "Now I am going to cause food to rain down from the sky for all of you. The people must go out every day and gather enough for that day. In this way I can test them to find out if they will follow my instructions.

The Lord has commanded that each of you is to gather as much of it as he needs, two quarts for each member of his household."

Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it for tomorrow."

On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, four quarts for each person. All the leaders of the community came and told Moses about it,

and he said to them, "The Lord has commanded that tomorrow is a holy day of rest, dedicated to him. Bake today what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Whatever is left should be put aside and kept for tomorrow."

You must gather food for six days, but on the seventh day, the day of rest, there will be none."